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Information Literacy for Teachers
Debbie Meadows
EDCI 579/LBST 390 CSUBCTAP Level 1, Proficiencies 1.10, 1.13
Revised 4-08
What is Information Literacy?
“the ability to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate and use effectively the needed information” (ALA, 1989)
available:
http://www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/ACRL/Publications/White_Papers_and_Reports/Presidential_Committee_on_Information_Literacy.htm
Components of Information Literacy
• Proficiency 1.10– Selecting Sources
– Search Strategies
• Proficiency 1.13– Evaluating Sources
– Obtaining Information
From: The Nine Information Literacy Standards
http://www.ala.org/aaslTemplate.cfm?Section=Information_Power&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=19937
Selecting Sources
• Print Materials– Books
– Magazines
– Journals
– Encyclopedias
– Newspapers
• Technology Materials– CD-Roms/DVD-Roms
– Websites
– Electronic Databases
– Search Engines
– Online Encyclopedias
– E-books
Search Strategies• Boolean Logic• Site Maps• Search Directory
– Human Touch
• Search Engines– Bot, Crawler, or Spider
– Use Advance Search Page
• Meta-Search Engines– Multiple Search Engines
Boolean Logic
California and Mission
California not Mission
California or Mission
Site Maps
• Quick way to navigate a large site
• Key Words or Sections
Search Directories
• Search Directories:– Kathy Schrock
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
– About.Com http://about.com/
Search Engine
• Google http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
• Altavista http://www.altavista.com/web/adv
Meta-Search Engine– Dogpile http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/
– Kartoo http://www.kartoo.com/
– Webbrain http://www.webbrain.com/html/default_win.html
Additional Technology
• Electronic Encyclopedia– http://encarta.msn.com/ – http://www.encyclopedia.com/
• Periodical Index and Card Catalogue– http://www.lib.csub.edu/
• Primary Sources– http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/History/RUSA/
• Ask an Expert– http://www.askanexpert.com/
Evaluating Sources
• Web Addresses– Parts of a Web Address– Internet Groups
• Website Evaluations– Five W’s
• Who, What, When, Where, Why
• Citation of Sources– Giving Credit where Credit is due
• Reference CTAP Level 1 Proficiency 1.4
Parts of a Web AddressProficiency 1.2
Web address Domain Personal page File name
www.meadowsnet.com/~debbie/bike.html Meadows and Associates
Business
~debbie Bike.html
http://www.pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~abutz/di/dc/camps.html
Northwestern University
Education
Pubweb
~abutz
Camps.html
Internet GroupsDomain Type Example
.com Business www.meadowsnet.com
.edu Education www.csub.edu
.net Networks www.sbcglobal.net
.gov Government www.whitehouse.gov
.mil Military www.defenselink.mil
.org Non-profit www.redcross.org
The Five “Ws”
• Who wrote the page?
• What is the purpose of the page ?
• When was the site created and updated?
• Where does the information come from?
• Why do I need this information?
Kathy Schrock from Planting the Seeds of Change http://www.kathyschrock.net/slideshows/planting_show.pdf
Who: Author
• Does the author have training in the topic?
• Do others consider the author to be an expert?
What: Objectivity• Motivation for
creating this site?• Are there two sides to
the story?• Are the two sides
presented fairly?• Are the statements
facts or opinions?
When: Currency (Updated)
• When was the website created?
• Has the website been recently updated?
Where: Accuracy (References)
• Can you find other sources that say the same thing?
• Does the author list books or other Websites as references?
• Does the Website have a bibliography?
Why: Helpful
• Questioning and refining of student’s search strategies
• Good Questions are the basis for finding information
• Debbie Abilock's Best Tool for the Job
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html
Citation of Sources
• APA for CSUB classes– http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r
_apa.html– http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html– http://www.crk.umn.edu/library/links/apa5th.htm
• MLA for children– http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/02/
– http://citationmachine.net/index.php?reqstyleid=2
Obtaining Information
• Use your CSUB student id to access the Walter W. Stierns online periodical index at http://www.lib.csub.edu/
• Go to the local library to check resources• Go to the COC library to check resources• Internet searches and encyclopedias• CD/DVD-Roms and CD-Rom
encyclopedias
Let’s Evaluate• http://www.malepregnancy.com/• http://zapatopi.net/afdb.html • http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus.html• www.martinlutherking.org• http://www.umich.edu/~engtt516/index2.html• http://www.molossia.org/countryeng.html• http://www.idiotica.com/encyclopedia/• http://descy.50megs.com/descy/webcred/webcr
ed/dhmo.html
More Interesting Sites
• http://www.whitehouse.net/• http://license.shorturl.com/• http://www.genochoice.com/• http://www.thedogisland.com/index.html• http://descy.50megs.com/mankato/mankato.html• http://www.dreamweaverstudios.com/moonbeam/m
oon.htm• http://www.kevdo.com/lipbalm/
Sites for Teachers and 6th-12th
• http://urbanlegends.about.com/• http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/• http://www.vmyths.com/• http://www.snopes.com/• http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html• http://www.dhmo.org/
Additional Resources
• http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html
• http://kathyschrock.net/slideshows.htm
Bibliography
• http://kathyschrock.net/support.htm
• http://www.anovember.com/infolit/index.html
• http://www.anovember.com/articles/zack.html